Driving in Brussels

Belgium: 1 scheme to know about before you drive in.

The short answer for Brussels

Brussels has one driving restriction on our books: the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) Brussels. What is a low emission zone?

What it means for your car

Petrol or LPG. Since 1 January 2026, Euro 2 petrol vehicles no longer meet the access criteria. Vehicles running on CNG, LNG, LPG or bioethanol count as petrol, and petrol hybrids follow the petrol timetable.
Diesel. Since 1 January 2026, Euro 5 diesel vehicles no longer meet the access criteria. Diesel hybrids follow the diesel timetable.

Sources last read on 2026-09-02, from Brussels Fiscality / Brussels-Capital Region. The next scheduled check is 2026-12-01.

The schemes, one by one

• Low Emission Zone (LEZ) Brussels Low emission zone

  The whole Brussels-Capital Region is a low emission zone, active every day of the week, 24 hours a day. Compliant vehicles pay nothing. If you drive a foreign-registered vehicle you must register it before entering — even if it meets the emission standards — or you risk a €150 fine on top of anything else.

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Before you set off

Other cities in Belgium

• Antwerpabout 43 km away, 1 verified scheme
• Ghentabout 49 km away, 1 verified scheme